diff --git a/docs/tcpip_faq.html b/docs/tcpip_faq.html index ce30482fbffa1a57eb717384f204b0efcaef741b..3c4cf4e34aa3365bddc26fef4dfa49ded4e10dd4 100644 --- a/docs/tcpip_faq.html +++ b/docs/tcpip_faq.html @@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ IP address. <br><tt>0000 !SEND INVALID DNS server address</tt> <br><tt>0000 !SEND ERROR -1 obtaining MX records for someserver.com from 192.168.1.1</tt> <p>The configured DNS server IP address should usually be set to that of your ISP's primary DNS server. +<p>Note: Synchronet v3.13b can automatically detect and use your DNS server's correct IP address during run-time. +This feature is enabled by configuring the DNS server IP address in the mail server configuration to <i>blank</i> +or <tt><auto></tt>. +<br>You'll know this feature is active when you see log lines similar to the following: +<br><tt>0000 SEND using auto-detected DNS server address: 206.13.29.12</tt> <p> <li>Your firewall, Internet Service Provider, or Anti-Virus software is blocking, intercepting, or filtering outbound connections to TCP port 25 (many consumer-class ISPs do this). @@ -288,6 +293,9 @@ To work-around this problem, you can either increase the in your <tt>ctrl/sbbs.ini</tt> file, or you can add the following line to your <tt>ctrl/sockopts.cfg</tt> file: <p><tt>REUSEADDR 1</tt> </p> +Or, if running Synchronet v3.13b or later, your <tt>ctrl/sockopts.ini</tt> file: +<p><tt>REUSEADDR=1</tt> +</p> <a name="bandwidth"><hr></a> <p>